I have this bug too. It's exactly as described above. I've used every version of Ubuntu since Warty, always upgrading the distribution. Stopping DBUS immediately made trash-applet work. Starting DBUS did not make the trash empty again.
I have this bug too. It's exactly as described above. I've used every version of Ubuntu since Warty, always upgrading the distribution. Stopping DBUS immediately made trash-applet work. Starting DBUS did not make the trash empty again.